On Ubuntu 14.01, when I unplug my AC adapter, the network connection is lost (even with connected to wired via eth0). Also, the dpms settings are lost. So even though I run "xset -dpms", that setting ...

I have 2nd gen Intel i7 laptop. I use Thermald and tlp for managing battery life (they are great!). However, sometimes I don't care about noise and power consumption, and want the CPU to run at full ...

Once again I need a workaround to deal with my almost broken notebook graphics card: It does not wake up after suspending!
The Ubuntu 14.10 system is waking up, but the display stays off, so I have ...

After waiting well beyond my scheduled "sleep when inactive" time, the computer is still awake. I wiggle the mouse and unlock the machine to find an error notification in the upper corner, it read as ...

I am running Ubuntu (well, Lubuntu, really) on my home server, and all was tickety boo until a few days ago, when the OS stopped booting. Not being able to SHH in anymore, I hooked it up to a monitor ...

I've been trying to do a clamshell mode setup for my computer and I've seen many suggestions to use HandleLidSwitch=ignore. However this is not really what I want to do since I only want to keep the ...

My Sony Vaio VGN-N31M/W only boots with the power cable plugged in.
The screen simply hangs on the Grub screen, it loads when acpi is disabled but the laptop is then very slow and can not recognise ...

I have just made a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 installation on a Toshiba Satellite L735 laptop.
When I turn on the laptop and it is plugged to the socket, the battery icon does not show ("Show battery status ...

Recently my laptop started to freeze when I reopen the lid after some period of time. The only thing that helps is to hold the power button for a few seconds and boot the laptop again.
I have no idea ...

I've recently bought myself a new Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard set. To get these working in Ubuntu 14.04, I first paired them (unifying USB) using Winblows then I installed Solaar.
The issue ...

I have 4 HDD, one WD and 3 Identical generic brands.
I have edited /etc/rc.local to change hdparm -B to 127 for the 3 generic drives (WD is unsupported and probably handles itslef) and -S to 180 for ...

My question is whether it is possible to run a terminal command (or anything else) to disable a laptop's indicator LEDs.
I have LEDs for CAPS, NUM and WiFi which are off anyway. But when it is dark ...

The mechanical hard drive on my netbook keeps spinning up and down. That makes an annoying sound and is bad for its health. I run sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda and that stops it untill a suspend/wake ...

For a while now, in both Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10, my laptop shuts down suddenly and unexpectedly. This only happened when the computer was on battery power, and only when the power seemed to get within ...

My laptop monitor brightness is set to maximum whenever I connect it to charging. I have gone to the brightness settings and changed this, but the problem repeats when I charge my laptop again...what ...

I have HP notebook with a healthy battery. Problem is that when I try to charge it, system displays time remaining to charge and also percentage of the charge in the menu bar, but it stays stuck on ...

I can use sudo pm-hibernate to put my laptop into a low power state, but I have to press the power button to turn it back on. Is there a way I can put it into a low power state that can then be turned ...

I used to have an issue where every time my laptop would return from suspend, the screen was fully dim (as if brightness was at a minimum) even though the brightness setting was set to maximum - so I ...

I have an HP Probook 440 G2, with an intel core i5-4210U processor.
I have dual boot windows 8.1 installation. I get approx 5+ hours of battery backup in Windows 8.1 and approx 2+ hours in Ubuntu. My ...

I am using Ubuntu 14.10. And my computer is always attached to an AC power source thus it is always charging. But I have noticed that my battery says it is charged when I click on the battery icon in ...

In Xubuntu 14.04, Light Locker and Power Manager settings are different control panel views, however, there are screensaver settings inside Light Locker's one. Anyway, there's no screensaver options ...

Can I use software designed for power saving on laptops on Home PC. (not a laptop)
Or maybe someone could suggest alternative tools designed for saving power on PC desktop?
What are the other steps ...